Recurrence allows us to see the patterns of repeated words in a Psalm. The thesis is that these are a deliberate aspect of Hebrew poetry. I think that is a true statement, though the results are more evident in some psalms than others. I did a lot of analysis of the 150 psalms years ago as recorded in my book Seeing the Psalter. Note the germ of this idea is expressed in this paper: Magné, Jean (ISSN 0006-0887) Répétitions de mots et exégèse dans quelques psaumes et le pater. (c 1997?).
| Word / Gloss | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Vs | Stem | |
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| אשרי happy |
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1 | אשר | ||||||||||
| אשר who |
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1 | אשר | ||||||||||
| לא not |
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1 | לא | ||||||||||
| רשעים the wicked |
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1 | רשע | ||||||||||
| ובדרך and in the way of |
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1 | דרך | ||||||||||
| חטאים sinners |
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1 | חטא | ||||||||||
| לא not |
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1 | לא | ||||||||||
| ובמושב and in the seat of |
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1 | ישב | ||||||||||
| לא not |
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1 | לא | ||||||||||
| ישב does sit |
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1 | ישב | ||||||||||
| כי in | 2 | כי | |||||||||||
| אם contrast |
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2 | אם | ||||||||||
| בתורת in the instruction of |
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2 | תורה | ||||||||||
| יהוה Yahweh | 2 | יהוה | |||||||||||
| ובתורתו and in his instruction |
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2 | תורה | ||||||||||
| על by | 3 | על | |||||||||||
| אשר that |
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3 | אשר | ||||||||||
| לא does not |
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3 | לא | ||||||||||
| אשר that |
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3 | אשר | ||||||||||
| לא not |
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4 | לא | ||||||||||
| כן so |
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4 | כן | ||||||||||
| הרשעים the-many wicked |
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4 | רשע | ||||||||||
| כי in | 4 | כי | |||||||||||
| אם contrast |
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4 | אם | ||||||||||
| אשר that |
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4 | אשר | ||||||||||
| על -- | 5 | על | |||||||||||
| כן so |
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5 | כן | ||||||||||
| לא not |
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5 | לא | ||||||||||
| רשעים the wicked |
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5 | רשע | ||||||||||
| וחטאים nor sinners |
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5 | חטא | ||||||||||
| צדיקים the-many righteous |
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5 | צדיק | ||||||||||
| כי for | 6 | כי | |||||||||||
| יהוה Yahweh | 6 | יהוה | |||||||||||
| דרך the way of |
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6 | דרך | ||||||||||
| צדיקים those righteous |
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6 | צדיק | ||||||||||
| ודרך but the way of |
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6 | דרך | ||||||||||
| רשעים those wicked |
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6 | רשע |
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